HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Fresh out of the Big Brother house, season 28 houseguest Lyric Medeiros, 25, dished on the \u201ccutthroat\u201d nature of the reality competition show.<\/p>\n
Medeiros, a practicing attorney in Hawaii, told Billy V she was recruited by a casting producer, and chose to participate to honor her late grandmother from Kauai, who passed away in December and was a massive fan of the series.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I got recruited, I was like, I have to do this for her. This was one of her favorite shows,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Sequester and house paranoia<\/p>\n
Before entering the \u201cBig Brother\u201d house, Medeiros said contestants must undergo a strict 12-day sequester in a hotel room with no telephone, television, or outside communication. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt literally is crazy. It makes you nuts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Once inside the house competing for the $750,000 grand prize, Medeiros said the environment quickly became intensely stressful. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe first couple of weeks are super exciting because everyone\u2019s getting to know each other. But at the end of the day, you\u2019re there for a game,\u201d she said. \u201cWhile you\u2019re friends with the people next to you, you know that you\u2019re secretly wanting to get them out, especially if they\u2019re competition beasts, if they\u2019re going to have power in the house.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said she could not sleep during her final three nights in the house due to paranoia, constant whispering in rooms, and feeling like she was in \u201csurvival mode.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy heart was pounding out of my chest,\u201d she said. \u201cEvery room you walk into, you hear whispers or… you see the way people look at you and you\u2019re like, oh my gosh, I\u2019m going home.\u201d<\/p>\n
About that surprise showmance<\/p>\n
Although Medeiros was evicted after houseguests flipped their votes last minute, she said the experience resulted in a new relationship with fellow contestant Rome Seymour.<\/p>\n
She said Seymour supported her during a breakdown in her first week when she was homesick.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe held me and said, \u2018I\u2019m not leaving you until you feel better.\u2019 And that was when I kind of knew like, this is the person that I want to trust in his house and protect, and he did the same for me,\u201d Medeiros said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe crazy thing is a lot of people when they watch the show, I\u2019ve heard that they just saw us making out from the get-go and I was like, oh my gosh, my parents are watching this,\u201d she added. \u201cBut there were so many conversations we had… before we kissed for the first time. And we just don\u2019t see that on the camera, right? That\u2019s reality TV.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Medeiros, Seymour is planning to visit Hawaii soon, and the couple has discussed potentially competing together on \u201cThe Amazing Race\u201d in the future so \u201cpeople should stay tuned for the content,\u201d she teased.<\/p>\n
Did she have a \u2018black widow\u2019 strategy?<\/p>\n
Addressing viewer comments that she used flirting as a game strategy, Medeiros said her natural warmth made her a perceived threat. <\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people think that my strategy was flirting with all the guys in the house. And I genuinely think I\u2019m just a very friendly, bubbly person,\u201d she said. \u201cObviously there was one person in there that I really liked and that was Rome, and so that was real. But everything else, I guess you could call black widow strategy is what they\u2019re saying. So I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said houseguests told her she was safe as a pawn because she was well-liked, only to flip the vote because she had won a previous competition. Despite the blindside, Medeiros said she is happy that fellow contestant LaTrice \u201cLala\u201d Verrett won the subsequent Head of Household infamous Wall competition.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next for Medeiros <\/p>\n
Currently, Medeiros is focusing on posting on social media to build her online community, and she has not yet watched back her season\u2019s episodes yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m scared,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel like I need some time to decompress first because if I see my best friends talk bad about me, I\u2019m probably going to get emotional like how I was in the Big Brother house constantly crying all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
While she said she remains open to future reality television opportunities like \u201cThe Amazing Race\u201d rather than physically demanding shows like \u201cSurvivor,\u201d she plans to eventually return to her career as a practicing attorney.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf any opportunities presented itself, 100% music, acting, singing. I love all of it. It\u2019s my passion. However, I am still an attorney and that is a big part of my life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor right now, I\u2019m just enjoying these couple of weeks and winding down, transitioning back to daily life because it is crazy going from being in a house full of 16 people coming after you and watching every single move and judging everything that you do to reality where you have people who care about you and they\u2019re not lying to you all the time,\u201d Medeiros said.<\/p>\n
\u2018Mele After Hours\u2019<\/p>\n
Also on this episode, radio personality and musician Mele Apana also stops by the studio to talk about her show \u201cMele After Hours\u201d taking place Friday at Bishop Museum.<\/p>\n
The evening celebrates Hawaii\u2019s musical heritage with an outstanding lineup featuring N\u0101 H\u014dk\u016b Hanohano Award-winning musicians and local celebrities.<\/p>\n
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